At its thirteenth meeting, the Committee recommended listing acetochlor, hexabromocyclododecane and phorate in Annex III to the Convention. The Committee found the related notifications of final regulatory action to meet the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention. Draft decisions guidance documents will be developed for consideration by CRC-14.

The Committee agreed that a notification from Canada on mirex met the criteria in Annex II to the Convention, but as there was only one notification meeting the criteria, no further action was taken on the chemical at CRC-13. With regard to atrazine, a chemical that had been deferred from the eleventh and twelfth meetings, the Committee concluded that the situation on criterion (b) (iii) remained unclear in the absence of further supporting documentation. The Committee decided that atrazine would only be considered at future CRC meetings if additional information was made available by the notifying Parties.

In reviewing notifications of final regulatory action on carbon tetrachloride, chlordecone, endosulfan, hexazinone, pentachlorobenzene, PFOS, its salts and PFOSF, polychlorinated naphthalenes and triazophos, the Committee decided that these did not meet the criteria of Annex II to the Convention. The two proposals for listing severely hazardous pesticide formulations in Annex II to the Convention were not recommended for listing: while the proposal for lambda-cyhalothrin capsule suspension (CS) 50 g/L was found to not meet the criteria in part 3 of Annex IV, the Committee was not able to determine whether the proposal for lambda-cyhalothrin emulsifiable concentrate 50 (EC) g/L met the criteria. It agreed to take the proposal up at future meetings if new information was submitted to the Committee.

The Committee concurred to hold its fourteenth meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome from 10 – 14 September 2018 back to back with the fourteenth meeting of the Stockholm Convention's Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee.

Scenario note for the thirteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee

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Tentative schedule for the meeting

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Outcomes of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade relevant to the work of the Committee

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Information on the rotation of the membership of the Chemical Review Committee

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Information on trade in chemicals under consideration by the Chemical Review Committee

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Summary record of notifications of final regulatory action for chemicals reviewed by the Interim Chemical Review Committee or the Chemical Review Committee and of notifications scheduled for review by the Chemical Review Committee

Carbon tetrachloride: notification from Canada reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee and the rationale for its conclusion

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Carbon tetrachloride: supporting documentation provided by Jordan

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Chlordecone: supporting documentation provided by China

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Chlordecone: supporting documentation provided by Japan

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Chlordecone: supporting documentation provided by Peru

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Endosulfan: notifications from the European Union and Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, the Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger and Senegal reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee and the rationale for its conclusions

Mirex: notification from Canada reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee and the rationale for its conclusion

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Mirex: supporting documentation provided by Canada

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Mirex: supporting documentation provided by Colombia

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Pentachlorobenzene: notification from Canada reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee and the rationale for its conclusion

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Pentachlorobenzene: supporting documentation provided by China

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Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride: notifications from Canada, the European Union and Japan reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee and the rationale for its conclusions

Outcomes of the thirteenth meeting of POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and the thirteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

The online briefings will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered at the forthcoming meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and the Chemical Review Committee (CRC), to be held, respectively, on 17-20 October 2017 and 23-27 October 2017, in Rome, Italy.

Briefing on the thirteenth meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)